[aggregation-styles] ABC7 News ORLANDO, Fla. -- Young women in Florida dressed up as older women in an apparent attempt to qualify for COVID-19 vaccination, a local official said Thursday. Dr. Raul Pino, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said the women arrived at a vaccination...
Sheriff: Investigation Underway After Hacker Attempts To Poison Florida Town’s Water Supply
[aggregation-styles] WWSB-Television PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Authorities in Pinellas County are investigating after an unknown individual attempted to hack the City of Oldsmar’s water treatment plant system. During a news conference, Pinellas County Bub Gualtieri said that an individual remotely accessed a computer for the water treatment facility and increased...
Florida ‘Monkey Whisperer’ Charged in Illegal Wildlife Trade
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man who went by the nickname “the Monkey Whisperer” has been charged in federal court with illegally transporting and selling primates, including a species considered endangered, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, 57, of Parrish, was charged with conspiracy, trafficking and submitting...
Beware of Falling Iguanas: Chilly Christmas Expected in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — With unexpectedly cold weather in the forecast and pandemic-related curfews in some places, Florida is about to have a Christmas unlike any other in recent memory, and it may involve falling iguanas. The National Weather Service earlier this week warned that South Florida could experience the coldest...
A Dark Money Mystery in Florida Centers on the Campaign of a Spoiler Candidate Who Appeared To Help a Republican Win by 32 Votes
[aggregation-styles] CNN A month before Election Day in Florida a mysterious company called Proclivity, Inc. contributed $550,000 to a pair of newly formed political action committees in the state. Two days later, the money flowed from the PACs to an Orlando-area print and advertising firm. Shortly thereafter, came a torrent...
Trump and Biden Hit Unlikely Battleground State of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has backed Democratic presidential candidates for nearly half a century and rarely receives much attention during the final stages of the race. This is when campaigns typically focus their resources on more traditional swing states like Florida or Pennsylvania. But Minnesota will feel like a genuine battleground...
Hurricane Sally Unleashes Flooding Along the Gulf Coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South. Moving...
Trump Cancels GOP National Convention Events in Florida
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled segments of the Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus. Convention events will still be held in North Carolina. “To have a big convention is not the right time," Trump said of...
US Grapples With Pandemic as Its Origins Are Traced in China
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new confirmed cases and the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic is worsening globally and that “there...
AP: DEA Agent Accused of Stealing PPE From Agency Warehouse
MIAMI — A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a telecommunications specialist are accused of stealing personal protective equipment, toilet paper and other supplies from an agency warehouse in Florida amid shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials, who were not authorized...